30 June 2010

Royals on the Farm 6/30 -- June wrap

I'm gonna only do monthly breakdowns of the top 4 teams in June. For July I'll likely break them into 2 days. The report is already long enough without breaking down all 7 at once.

AAA - Omaha: off day

* Gonna have to keep it quickquick on the June wrapups, so I'm gonna do top 3s. OPS: Kila Ka'aihue 1.044 (.307/.472/.572, 48 RS, 15 2B, 14 HR, 50 RBI, 69 BB/48 K, 1 E in 63 G/215 ABs, criminal he's not in KC, "only" .276 BA with .918 OPS in June, tho); Alex Gordon 1.042 (.333/.454/.588, 46 RS, 15 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, 36 RBI, 39 BB/57 K, 6/7 SB in 52 G/204 ABs, makes nice pair with Kila, only .886 OPS in June); and Ed Lucas .945 (.331/.403/.542, 14 XBH, 15 BB/19 K in 35 G/118 ABs, .965 OPS in June as PT has expanded). Others...Scott Thorman .832 (only .322 OBP, 33 XBH, 18 BB/40 K in 255 ABs), Jordan Parraz .798 (.368 OBP, 25 XBH, 28 BB/41 K in 240 ABs), David Lough .743 (only .308 OBP, 10 BB/42 K in 271 ABs), Kurt Mertins .700, Irving Falu .655 (empty .279 BA, but 21 BB/24 K, easy team high 17 E in 330 ABs). WHIP: Blaine Hardy 1.00 (1.89 ERA, 2 SV, HRA, 6 BB/17 K in 19 IP, success has carried over to highest levels of minors); Bryan Bullington 1.09 (2.67 ERA, 7 HRA, 22 BB/50 K in 70 2/3 IP, June was his weakest month yet, tho); and Josh Rupe 1.13 (2.36 ERA, 8 BB/26 K in 26 2/3 IP). Others...Federico Castaneda 1.19 (17 BB/21 K in 36 IP), Phil Humber 1.24 (12 HRA, 12 BB/62 K in 90 2/3 IP, nice K/BB), Gaby Hernandez 1.41 (25 HRA!, 31 BB/59 K in 92 IP), Chris Hayes 1.48 (5 BB/8 K in 24 1/3 IP), Manauris Baez 1.66 (only 15 2/3 IP, 9 BB/5 K).

AA - NWA: all-star break

* 3B Mike Moustakas is 2-3 in the 6th, CF Derrick Robinson finished 1-3, DH Clint Robinson is 1-3, but did hit a solo homer in the 2nd, Tim Smith got a pinch hit, 2B Johnny Giavotella is 1-3, and RF Paulo Orlando is 1-1 with a sac fly, HBP, double and RBI, Mario Santiago K'd one over 1 1/3 hitless IP. SS Chris McConnell is 1-1 off the bench. Team leaders -- OPS: Mike Moustakas 1.072 (.336/.404/.668, 50 RS, 21 2B, 18 HR, 66 RBI, 23 BB/38 K, 12 E in 58 G/226 ABs, only .884 OPS in June, hit .291 in month); Clint Robinson .950 (.308/.392/.558, 28 2B, 13 HR, 51 RBI, 34 BB/46 K, 9 E in 73 G/276 ABs, hit .409 with 1.256 OPS in June, there's your hottest player in the organization); Tim Smith .845 (.299/.399/.446, 13 XBH, 25 BB/18 K, 8/10 SB in 50 G/157 ABs. Others...Paulo Orlando .831 (14 BB/30 K in 64 G), Nick Van Stratten .782 (20 BB/24 K in 198 ABs), Derrick Robinson .752 (.298 with .368 OBP, .692 OPS in June, 31 BB/58 K overall, 31/43 SB in 289 ABs), Manny Pina .734, Johnny Giavotella .728. WHIP: Louis Coleman 0.87 (2.09 ERA, 6 SV, 5 HRA, 14 BB/55 K in 51 2/3 IP, K rate and K/BB both good, only .159 OAV in June); Alex Caldera 1.06 (only 1 start tho); Edgar Osuna 1.10 (on DL, 2.59 ERA, 8 HRA, 9 BB/55 K in 80 IP); and Mike Montgomery 1.17 (hopefully can get healthy soon, 2.79 ERA, 1 HRA, 10 BB/25 K in 29 IP). Others...Patrick Keating 1.21 (HRA, 7 BB/12 K in 14 IP), Mario Santiago 1.27 (3.29 ERA, 22 BB/47 K in 79 1/3 IP), Brandon Sisk 1.30 (15 BB/40 K in 42 1/3 IP), Aaron Crow 1.63 (5.97 ERA, 10 HRA, 42 BB/60 K in 86 IP, this isn't what the Royals were drafting).

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Lynchburg 4, Blue Rocks 1

LF Ortiz 2-4, 3B (7), RBI (24), K, CS (10) -- .307
3B Romak 2-3, BB, K, SB (4), E (7) -- .296
SS Colon 0-4, 2 K, E -- .000
1B Hosmer 1-4, K -- .350

Melville 4 IP, 4 R (2 ER), 4 H, 4 BB, 2 K -- L, 2-9, 5.74 ERA
Thompson 4 IP, 2 H, 3 K -- 7.46 ERA
Barrera IP, BB, 2 K -- 5.14 ERA

* The Rocks offense staggered through a loss to Lynchburg. A Jamie Romak error helped the Hillcats get on the board in the 1st and Lynchburg added 2 in the 2nd off Tim Melville. Christian Colon's first pro error helped a run score in the 4th to make it 4-0 'Cats. Adrian Ortiz hit an RBI triple in the 8th but the Rocks couldn't get him home and that was their only scoring chance, really. Lynchburg SP James Avery pitched 6 scoreless innings to improve to 4-2. 3B Jose Gualdron had 3 hits for Lynchburg. The Rocks are 4-3 and 1 game out. Chris Dwyer pitches game 2 Thursday. Wilmington's tops in OPS: Eric Hosmer .953 (.351/.425/.528, 41 RS, 26 2B, 6 3B, 4 HR, 43 RBI, 38 BB/30 K, 10/11 SB, 7 E in 75 G/282 ABs, hit .355 with 1.011 OPS in June, more walks than K in each month); Jamie Romak .823 (.292/.380/.443, 35 RS, 21 2B, 6 HR, 47 RBI, 33 BB/55 K in 75 G/271 ABs, hit .407 with 1.129 OPS in June, 13 2B in the month); and Adrian Ortiz .739 (.305/.338/.401, 42 RS, 12 2B, 6 3B, 15 BB/44 K, 20/29 SB in 68 G/279 ABs, hit .371 with .864 OPS in June, whopping 2 walks in the month, this is probably his ceiling, don't you think?). Others...Nick Francis .681 (10 2B, 5 BB/30 K in 111 ABs, wow, Ktastic), Salvador Perez .666 (only .294 OBP, 11 BB/18 K in 53 G/188 ABs), Patrick Norris .656 (14/26 SB, cut-rate Ortiz #s all around, tho he does have more BB, in 69 G/260 ABs), Rey Navarro .600 (11 E, .269 OBP, 5 BB/16 K in 178 ABs, and we gave up a decent young RP to get him!). WHIP: Eric Basurto 1.13 (2.81 ERA, 9 BB/22 K in 16 IP); Buddy Baumann 1.16 (1.97 ERA, 4 SV, 18 BB/50 K in 45 2/3 IP, some good starts lately); and John Lamb 1.18 (1.77 ERA, 1 HRA, 13 BB/55 K in 45 2/3 IP, so far so good for Lamb). Others...Brendan Lafferty 1.29 (9 BB/28 K in 31 2/3 IP), Chris Dwyer 1.31 (3 HRA, 31 BB/84 K in 78 1/3 IP, looking solid), Tim Melville 1.43 (7 HRA, 34 BB/67 K in 74 1/3 IP, just a half-step behind rest of frontline prospects in Wilmington, June was best month yet tho).

A - Burlington: Bees 5, Peoria 4

RF Oriental 1-3, BB, 2 RBI (31), K -- .244
LF Testa 1-4, RBI (27), 2 K, RS, 2 SB (7) -- .262
C Bonilla 0-4, RBI (11), K -- .213
1B Lewis 0-3, BB, RS -- .254
DH Del Rosario 0-2, BB, K -- .190

Sample 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 6 K -- W, 3-4, 4.05 ERA
Hodge 1 2/3 IP, ER, BB, WP -- 6.11 ERA
Dennick 1 1/3 IP, 2 H, 2 K -- SV, 3, 4.73 ERA

* A 3-run 1st helped propel the Bees to their 2nd win of the second half. The Bees loaded the bases with 1 out in the 1st and Rene Oriental hit a 2-run single and Joey Lewis scored on an error to make it 3-0. Jose Bonilla hit an RBI groundout in the 3rd to make it 4-0 Bees. Tyler Sample had a quiet first 3 innings but allowed 2 runs in the 4th and then another run in the 5th to cut the lead to 1. Carlo Testa hit an RBI single in the 7th for an insurance run for Burlington and it came in handy as Mitch Hodge and Ryan Dennick allowed a run in the 8th. Dennick pitched a 1-2-3 9th for his 3rd save. Starter Ryan Searle took the loss for Peoria with 4 runs (2 ER) allowed over 5 IP to drop to 4-2. LF Greg Rohan and 2B Matt Cerda had 2 hits for the Chiefs. The Bees are 2-4. A 3-game home set with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (4-2, A Brewers) starts Thursday. The Bees' top of the hive...OPS: Wil Myers .908 (.289/.408/.500, 42 RS, 19 2B, 1 3B, 10 HR, 45 RBI, 48 BB/55 K, 10/13 SB, 4 E in 68 G/242 ABs, broke 1.000 OPS at 1.032 in June, more walks than Ks in both May and June); Carlo Testa .807 (.262/.336/.471, 38 RS, 14 2B, 8 3B, 7 HR, 27 RBI, 28 BB/68 K, 7/12 SB in 68 G/244 ABs, .770 OPS in June was worst month yet, kind of a slumpy month for Carlo); and Joey Lewis .739 (.254/.335/.405, 30 RS, 18 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 41 RBI, 31 BB/75 K, 10 E in 68 G/252 ABs, .351 OBP in June). Others...Gerard Hall .649 (20 E, 18 2B), Jose Bonilla .600 (18 BB/29 K in 122 ABs), Hilton Richardson .572 (only hitting .194, 17 BB/51 K, 21/24 SB tho in 211 ABs), Fernando Cruz .539 (11 E). WHIP: Bryan Paukovits 0.95 (even tho he's in Wilmington, 3.32 ERA, 5 HRA, 16 BB/65 K in 62 1/3 IP, earned the call), Rodolfo Encarnacion 1.30 (5.33 ERA, 1 HRA, 12 BB/20 K in 25 1/3 IP), and Ryan Dennick 1.39 (4.73 ERA, 2 HRA, 9 BB/23 K in 32 1/3 IP). Others...Tyler Sample 1.45 (4 HRA, 53 BB/63 K in 73 1/3 IP, wow on the walks), Dusty Odenbach 1.60 (4 HRA, 21 BB/41 K in 40 2/3 IP), Sam Runion and Keaton Hayenga are still both over 2.00.

Rookie - Idaho Falls: Chukars 4, Casper 2

DH Watts 2-3, BB, RBI (10) -- .303
LF Ferguson 2-4, K, RS, picked off -- .313, OF assists at second and home
1B Kuebler 1-4, RBI (7), K, RS, CS (2) -- .308
2B Zebroski 1-4, RBI (4) -- .357
3B Culver 0-2, S, RBI (2) -- .192
SS Trapp 0-3, S -- .276
PR-DH Monger 0-0, 2 SB (4), RS -- .438, now that's a pinch runner
C David 0-3, K, E, PB (3) -- .250

S. De La Rosa 5 IP, 4 H, BB, 4 K -- 4.00 ERA
Garrido 3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 2 K, 2 WP -- BS, 1, W, 1-0, 2.25 ERA
Rivers IP, H, K -- SV, 1, 0.00 ERA

* A 2-run 7th turned around the win for Idaho Falls. Murray Watts hit an RBI single in the 1st and Starling De La Rosa stranded 2 in the 3rd. Santiago Garrido took the ball in the 6th and allowed 2 runs to give the Ghosts a 2-1 lead. Tom Zebroski tied it with an RBI single in the 7th and Malcom Culver squeezed home a run to give the Royals the lead. Jake Kuebler hit an RBI single in the 9th for some insurance. Alex Rivera pitched the 9th for his 1st save of the season. RP Christian Bergman took the loss with 2 ER over 3 IP to drop to 0-1. Starter Bruce Kern allowed an ER over 4 IP. Three Ghosts had 2 hits. The Chukars are 4-6. Game 3 is Thursday.

Rookie - Burlington: B-Royals 7, Bluefield 2

2B Piterson 2-4, GS (3), 5 RBI (10), 2 RS -- .517, el gigante on Wednesday, bucking for call to A-ball
1B Stovall 2-4, RBI (9) -- .333
SS McClure 2-4, E (3) -- .233
CF Llanos 1-3, BB, K, 2 RS, SB (4) -- .250
DH Baldwin 0-3, BB, K -- .100
C Jenkins 1-4, 2B (3), RS -- .222

Avinazar 5 IP, UER, 2 H, 2 BB, 7 K -- W, 1-0, 0.00 ERA
Worrell 2 IP, nada -- 1.59 ERA
Byrne 2 IP, ER, H, 3 K, HRA -- 1.50 ERA

* The B-Royals ripped the O's again to take the series. Willian Avinazar escaped with the bases full in the 1st and Luis Piterson, who has been the stud of rookie ball thus far for the organization, cranked a grand salami in the 3rd for his 3rd homer of the year to make it 4-0 B-Royals. Avinazar allowed a run in the 4th but the Royals scored 3 in the 5th on a Piterson RBI single, a Ryan Stovall RBI single and Derek Rodriguez steal of home. Chas Byrne served up a solo homer in the 9th but that was it. Bluefield SP David Baker allowed 7 ER over 4 1/3 IP to fall to 0-1. The O's only had 3 hits. Burlington is 4-5 and 2 games out. The series shifts to Bluefield (3-6) for 3 starting Thursday. C Drew Robertson is being moved up to help shore up the catching in A Burlington.

Rookie - AZL: The Royals' 6-4 win stood up over the Reds Tuesday.

The Royals are up, 4-2, on the M's in the 6th

CF Conner 1-2, BB, 2 RBI (3), K, CS -- .261
C Shin 1-1, 2 BB, HR, RBI (3), 2 RS -- .375, first pro HR
3B Soto 1-2, S, RBI, K -- .200
DH Costa 0-3 -- .000, from out of nowhere, BOOM, Shane Costa
1B Furmanek 1-2, BB, 2B -- .500
LF Sandford 1-3, K, RS, SB (2) -- .364

Martin 6 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 8 K -- 4.50 ERA, nice start for Brennon thus far

* The Royals are in position for another win as the late innings ensue. Brennon Martin allowed a run in the 1st but recovered to have a solid start. Jin-Ho Shin hit his first U.S. homer in the 4th but Martin helped give the run back in the bottom of the inning. Cameron Conner hit a 2-run single in the 5th and Victor Soto singled in a run in the 6th to make it 4-2 Royals. More to come in tomorrow's report.


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